In this video, Sue Bennett and her partner David Holmgren who helped found the Permaculture movement along with Bill Mollison present a tour of their property in Australia. Definitely worth viewing!

Most gardeners who grow tomatoes at home, whether outdoors or in a greenhouse, rely on standard commercial varieties such as Sweet Million and various Plum or Beefsteak varieties. However, the seeds that most of us are buying are not the best to grow. If you switch to a more northern adapted variety, such as Scotia or Bellstar or Sub-Arctic or Red Alert, you will have better results with tomatoes in our challenging climate. My current collection of tomato seeds, some from com

In the summer of 2020, I had an infestation of aphids in my main tomato greenhouse, an event that I had not experienced in about thirty consecutive years of growing tomatoes. I don’t use synthetic pesticides, so I needed to figure out some form of control or remediation. I tried spraying with mint, tea tree oil, lavender, essential oils, soap and neem oil in succession. None of this seemed to have much more than a temporary effect. I opened a large section of the greenhouse t

This comprehensive article presents the basics, including carrot varieties, carrot cultivation and offers tips for improving your production of carrots. Here in Newfoundland, we used to produce carrots locally by the hundreds of pounds. We can do this again. Let’s get growing. Read the article HERE.

In this video, Charles Dowding, the renowned British no-dig gardener reveals how he grows potatoes without turning over soil, thereby saving a lot of work and relying on organic top dressing with soil amendments to maintain soil health and fertility.

In this video, the owner of Little Farmhouse Flowers shares details of how she manages and plans her year round flower production using strategies that include organic approaches, high tunnels and early planting. This is a great example of adaptability to landscape and climate that shows how much is possible in a northern climate by working with nature.

New research published in the Yale Environment Review reports one-third of the topsoil in the US Midwest and NE is now gone, lost to erosion, compaction and salination. This has serious implications for all of us because our civilization relies on and is defined by a narrow selection of grain crops (wheat, corn, barley, oats) and soy on which we depend for the core of our food supply. Read more HERE.

There are thousands of varieties of potatoes, and they fall into several general types. In this video, the main types of potatoes are illustrated and described, and related to common potato varieties we grow in our gardens. For general understanding this will give you a good start.

Regenerative agriculture is all about soil: plants and animals putting carbon and nutrients back into degraded soil to rebuild life, absorb carbon and generate healthy food. Australian farmers are learning healthy soil is essential for healthy food. This short overview of regenerative agriculture is a great introduction to living soil: soil full of life has always been the foundation for growing food sustainably.

A family flower garden can grow into a commercial garden if the whole family gets involved. Here is a lovely example – one woman’s home flower production site in upstate New York, with a climate very much like ours in coastal Newfoundland. Watch the video here!